The top reported proficiency rate is 14% in Math. The lowest is 8% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Britton Es
Britton Elementary School sits in north-central Oklahoma City as part of the Oklahoma City Public Schools district. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fourth grade, which means it is an elementary-only site and does not extend into middle or high school grades. Because of that grade span, there are no graduation rate data or high school-level academic measures to report. The school is a traditional public school, not a charter or magnet.
The student body is large for an elementary building serving only through fourth grade. The most significant demographic groups are Black and Hispanic students, who together account for the large majority of enrollment. White students make up a modest share, and smaller numbers of students identify as two or more races, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. Information on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals and on students with disabilities or English learner status was not available in the data reviewed here, so a reader may want to ask the school directly about those supports.
State assessment results from the most recent testing year are available for math and reading in grades three and four. Proficiency rates in both subjects and at both grade levels were very low. In third-grade math, for example, only a small fraction of students met the state's proficiency bar. Fourth-grade math was higher but still well below half of students. Reading proficiency was similarly low in both grades. A parent considering the school should be aware that the school's overall proficiency index, which averages scores across all tested areas, placed Britton Elementary in the bottom quarter of elementary schools in Oklahoma County. These are soft spots that a family may want to discuss with the school to understand what academic supports and interventions are in place. Science results are only available from several years ago and showed a similarly low proficiency rate, but those data are older and the state has since changed some testing parameters, so direct comparisons are not reliable.
The school's neighborhood sits in a part of Oklahoma City that is predominantly auto-oriented, consistent with the city's enormous geographic footprint. The housing market in the immediate area, based on the ZIP code where the school is located, shows home values well below the statewide benchmark. Rents are also below the national average, and the monthly cost of renting is a relatively modest share of a typical household's income. This combination suggests that the area around Britton Elementary is more affordable than many parts of Oklahoma City and the state as a whole. The city itself has been growing steadily, driven by a series of voter-approved public investment programs that have revitalized downtown and funded new parks, transit, and civic projects, though those downtown improvements are some distance from the school's location.
As part of the Oklahoma City district, Britton Elementary sits within a large, urban school system that spans the city. The district has pursued bond measures and facility investments in recent years, per publicly reported news, but specific details about how those investments affect this particular school were not available in the data provided. A parent looking at Britton Elementary will want to weigh the very low academic proficiency numbers against the context of a large urban district that serves a high-needs population and the school's own status as a purely early-elementary building where foundational skills are still being built.
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